The star revealed that he was considered to play 007 in the movie “Casino Royale.” “I got a call from my agent saying, ‘There is some possible interest in you for Bond. Are you interested?'” he told the Press Association. “At the time, I wasn’t.”

The disinterest wasn’t because Jackman feared stepping into Pierce Brosnan’s shoes (or preferred his martinis stirred instead of shaken). Jackman says it was simply because he had already signed on for “X-Men 2” and “Wolverine.” He said, “I didn’t want to be doing two such iconic characters at once.”

But Jackman isn’t without a glimmer of regret. “I think every male at some point thinks about playing James Bond,” he said. “So it was not right then, but it may be right if it comes back.”